Australia's $3 Billion Wine Hangover

In this series, Going Deep, we'll be doing bite-sized explorations into the most interesting industries, businesses and economic events… in Australia and around the world. For today's episode, we're diving into the Aussie wine crash… a $3 billion export industry that lost its biggest customer ove…

The Injection Reshaping Business

In this series, Going Deep, we’ll be doing bite-sized explorations into the most interesting industries, businesses and economic events… in Australia and around the world. For today's episode, we're diving into the weight loss drug economy - a $58 billion industry built on injections that hack you…

In Conversation with Janey Martino, CEO of KIC and Co-founder of Smiling Mind

We're back with our new 'In Conversation' series where we'll be bringing you insights from some of Australia's best and brightest leaders. Today, we're excited to welcome Janey Martino to What the Flux: In Conversation. Janey is a serial founder who has built and exited businesses across media, fi…

The Death of the Department Store

In this series, Going Deep, we’ll be doing bite-sized explorations into the most interesting industries, businesses and economic events… in Australia and around the world For today's episode, we’re looking at the decline of Australian retail over the past decade. We’ve seen David Jones struggle, …

In Conversation with Grant Hackett, Australian Olympian and CEO of Generation Development Group

Today we're kicking off our new 'In Conversation' series where we'll be bringing you insights from some of Australia's best and brightest leaders. In our very first episode, we'll be chatting with Grant Hackett OAM, CEO of Generation Development Group and 3 x Olympic Gold Medallist. You may know G…

Domain vs Realestate.com.au court battle | Xero goes full AI-mode | StubHub faces World Cup backlash

Domain has taken Realestate.com.au’s owner to court over misleading claims… and there’s billions on the line. Xero has gone an an AI-rampage as it signs a new AI deal with Microsoft Co-Pilot… which is its third big AI deal. US Ticket reseller StubHub… is being sued by World Cup fans who paid big …

KFC has a chicken problem | Amazon overcharged 1 million Aussies according to ACCC| Ticketek's backstage bloodbath plus a special guest

The company behind KFC stores in Australia has posted record sales for the last fiscal year but their focus is on preventing bird flu from hitting their supply chain. Amazon Australia is being sued by the ACCC… for allegedly sneaking ads onto its streaming platform and then charging customers to r…

Coles and Woolies face world-first laws | NRL overtakes AFL's broadcast deal | Apple jacks up prices

Coles and Woolies are in the firing line after Australia has just announced world-first supermarket price gouging laws The NRL has just locked in the biggest broadcast rights deal in Australian sports history… which makes rugby league more valuable than AFL for the first time. Apple has hiked the…

Qantas cuts routes | Judo Bank falls 40% after bad debts rise | Meta gets into gambling

Qantas and smaller sibling Jetstar are axing flight routes across Australia…and Australians in regional centres are about to feel it Judo Bank's share price has collapsed more than 40% in a single day after three problem business loans blew up simultaneously Meta is betting on prediction markets …

Cocobella snapped up for $2 billion | Reddit monetises your opinions | WiseTech probe rocks the company

The Aussie company behind Cocobella and Rokeby protein shakes has been acquired by Danone for nearly $2 billion. Reddit is turning human opinions into a $625 million ad business…and is introducing new products to capitalise on its community. WiseTech, ASX-listed logistics software, just lost $2 b…